OCHA says ‘discussing’ resuming Gaza aid with Israel
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says it has been in talks with Israeli authorities over the aid issue after Israel announced it would allow a limited amount of food and other items into the besieged territory.
“We have been approached by Israeli authorities to resume limited aid delivery, and we are in discussions with them now on how this would take place given the conditions on the ground,” OCHA said in a statement.
Israel says it will let baby food into Gaza today; first aid since March 2
This will be the first aid to be admitted into the war-battered enclave since Israel announced the lifting of a total blockade imposed on March 2.
“Today, Israel is facilitating the entry of trucks with baby food into Gaza,” Eden Bar Tal, the Foreign Ministry’s director general, told reporters.
“In the coming days, Israel will facilitate the entry of dozens of aid trucks.”
Netanyahu’s office earlier announced the easing of the aid blockade, saying Israel would let in “limited” amounts of food into Gaza.
EU chief says aid must reach civilians in Gaza ‘immediately’
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, says the humanitarian situation in Gaza is “unacceptable” and called for aid to reach civilians in the Palestinian territory immediately.
“For two months now no humanitarian supplies have entered Gaza. Aid must reach civilians in need immediately and the blockade on Gaza must be lifted now,” she told reporters during a visit to London.
The aid that would be let in will be “minimal”, Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu said earlier, without specifying precisely when it would resume.
Palestinians jostle for food in northern Gaza City as starvation increases
